Spider-Man: Homecoming Film is an American superhero film based on the Marvel comic character of the same name. Spider-Man: Homecoming is directed by Jon Watts and produced by Kevin Feige.
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Spider-Man: Homecoming Film Plot
The movie revolves around Peter Parker, the Spider-Man. In this movie, he is seen waiting for Iron Man to give him a new mission in which he can give his best. In this movie, Peter is seen struggling really hard in balancing his life as an ordinary human being and a superhero. Everything was going well until Peter got to know about a group selling Chitauri-based weapons and working for a villain named The Vulture.
Marketing
In 2016, at San Diego Comic-Con International, Watts, Batalon, Harrier, Holland, Revolori, and Zendaya were seen promoting the film by showing some short clips of the movie. oN December 2016, the first trailer of Homecoming aired on Jimmy Kimmel Live. A scene in which The Vulture was seen descending in a hotel atrium followed by Spider-Man and Iron Man was made especially for the trailer and was not included in the final film.
Spider-Man: Homecoming Film Released
The world premiere of the movie was organized on June 28, 2017, at TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The movie was released on July 5, 2015, in the United Kingdom. In the United States, it was released on July 7, 2017, in 4,348 theatres, including 392 IMAX and IMAX 3D. Initially, the movie was decided to release on July 28. Spider-Man: Homecoming is part of Phase 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Development
In the month of November 2014, after the hacking of Sony Computers, the emails between Amy Pascal (co-chairman of Sony Pictures Releasing) and Doug Belgard (president) were released. In those emails, it was clearly mentioned that Sony want Marvel to produce a new trilogy series of Spider-man and Sony wanted to have the creative control, marketing, and distribution rights of that trilogy.
However, in the month of February, it was announced that Sony Pictures and Marvel together will produce Spider-Man. At that time, it was decided that the character will first appear in Captain America: Civil War and then they will move forward with a separate Spider-Man film.
While talking about the Spider-Man, Kevin Feige said, “There are so many things from the comics that haven’t been done yet … stories in high school for a lot of it. We want to explore that. That also makes him very, very different from any of our other characters in the MCU.”
The Cast of the Film
Following is the list of the star cast of the movie along with the names of the characters portrayed by them:
- Tom Holland as Peter Parker / Spider-Man
- Michael Keaton as Adrian Toomes / Vulture
- Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan
- Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts
- Zendaya as Michelle
- Donald Glover as Aaron Davis
- Jacob Batalon as Ned
- Laura Harrier as Liz
- Tony Revolori as Flash
- Bokeem Woodbine as Herman Schultz / Shocker
- Tyne Daly as Anne Marie Hoag
- Marisa Tomei as May Parker
- Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man
Box Office Collection
Spider-Man Homecoming was developed with a budget of $175 million. Talking about its box office collection, the movie earned a whopping amount of $880.2 million worldwide. From Canada and the United States, it generated somewhere around $334.2 million and $546 million from other remaining countries.
Filming
On June 20, 2016, the principal photography of Spider-Man Homecoming started in Pinewood Atlanta Studios with a working title Summer of George. Salvatore Totino was hired as the director of photography. Some scenes of the movie were also shot at Grady High School, Downtown Atlanta, the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Georgia World Congress Centre, Piedmont Park, and East End Neighborhood.
Critical Response to Spider-Man Homecoming Film
On IMDB, the movie is rated 7.7 out of 10. On Rotten Tomatoes, it is rated 92% fresh. “Spider-Man: Homecoming does whatever a second reboot can, delivering a colorful, fun adventure that fits snugly in the sprawling MCU without getting bogged down in franchise-building,” said the website’s consensus.
Post-Production
In the month of November, it was confirmed by Kevin Feige that this time Keaton will play the role of the main villain names The Vulture, and Woodbine will be seen playing the character of Herman Schultz/Shocker. In the month of March 2017, it was revealed by Harrier that the film is going for some re-shoots and in the movie, Evans will be seen playing the character of Captain America featuring in an instrumental video related to fitness
Music
The composer who is going to compose the score for Homecoming was revealed mistakenly by Kevin Feige during the promotion of Doctor Strange. Kevin during the promotion of Doctor Strange said that Michael will be seen composing the score for Doctor Strange and Homecoming also.
Do You Know?
Following are some of the hidden facts about the Spider-Man Homecoming Film:
- Tom Holland debuted in the role of Spider-Man from Captain America: Civil War. So this movie is not the first movie in which Tom Halland appeared as Spider-Man.
- Before finalizing Tom Holland, a lot of actors were in consideration for the role of Spider-Man.
- It took actually a lot of Writers to write Homecoming.
- For the main villain of the movie, Director wanted an ordinary man.
Spider-Man Homecoming is a great movie ever made. The team has done a great job in making this film. The acting of Tom Holland was Top-notch. Spider-Man Homecoming is the first Spider-Man movie coming from the house of Marvel. The movie is very entertaining from the start to the end. You will never feel bored while watching the movie. The pace with which the movie proceeds is perfect. It is never too fast or never too slow.